Improvement in insect-destroyers



N- PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEH. WASHINGTON. D (V -eited tant geen entre.

THOMAS BYRNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND DEIDRIOH ,sTaUNlL OF LAVAOA COUNTY,

' ASS'IGNORS 'IOy THEMSELVES AND J J. SCHOTT, OF LAVAGA COUNTY, TEXAS.

Letters Patent No. 109,869, dated December 6, 1870.

lMPROMEWlEN-'ll IN vINSECT-DESTROYERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mallxing part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that we, THOMASBYRNE, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, and DEIDRICH STRUNK, of the county ot' Lavaca in the State of Texas, have iuventeda new and iinproved Device to Destroy Insects; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had -to theacconl'- panying drawing making part ot' this specification, in which- 'y Figure l is a vertical central section through the device. i v

Figure 2 is a top view of the device.

Similar letters o'frefercnce indicate corresponding parts in both figures The nature ot' thisinvention con'sists iu certain improvements in that class of devices known'as insect destroyers,.which will be hereatter fully described. y

The object of these devices is to destroy winged insects which are destructive tothe cotton p lantsand. other vegetation, by combining a lamp and reflector with a vessel containing some suitable liquid, in such manner that at night the light will be reected into the liquid, thereby operating to decoy as well as to destroy insects Which may be in the neighborhood, as willrbe hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the a-rt to understand our invention, we will describe its construction and operation. f

In the. accompanying drawing- A represents an open vessel, which is adapted for containing carbolic acid, coal-tar, or any other liquid which will destroy insects.

Within this vessel and centrally arranged is a lamp, B, which is secured fast to the bottom ot' the vessel, and constructed with a rim on its top for receiving and keeping in place a chimney, C.

The chimney, which is otl glass or other transparent material, consists of la contracted tubular portion, tl, a contracted base port-ion, a, and two conical portions', b c, united at their bases, as shown in gb 1.

Upon this chimney is a funuelgshaped chimney, D,

flaring portion c is plated or Otherwise polished so to afford agood reflecting surface which will not readilytarnish.

At` night, after the lmnp is lighted, the device is mounted upon a' postv or-suspendcd from a Abush in any conspicuous place, where it will be Visible to snr- 'rounding'insects- All that portion of thedevice above they lower edge of the chimney D will `be dark, and the rays of light will be rctlected. downwardly and outwardly into the liquid in the vessel A beneath, thus illuminating the liquid, and also that portion ot' the transparent chimney C which is below the lower edge ot' the opaque chimney D.

This portion I) of chimney C being"illuminated, made of glass or other smooth substance and inclined, as shown in lig; I, it operates to throw down into the liquid beneath the insects'which'y against it.

Instead of secnrin'gthe lamp to the pan Athis lamp and its chimneys may be suspended. above the pan or othersuitable vessel containing liquid.

I t is obvious thatthe port-ions c and cl ot'x the chimney C might be dispensed with in the manufacture of our insect-destroyer, by fitting the lower edge of the deflector directly to the upper edge of the defiecting portion G. Ve, however, prefer the 'plan shown as it is far more substantial and convenient.`

lWhat we claim as our invention', and desire tosccure by Letters Patent, is' Q The combination of' .the vessell A, lamp B, and chimney I), formed as shown, with. the conical rcector c, and inverted conical transparent delicctor b, placed base to base, when arranged, as described,- for the purpose specified;

- THOMAS BYRNE. vitnesses: DEIDRICH STRUNK.'

Tfr. OHMSTEDE. J Uszrus I. SCHOTT. 

